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Select Board accepts $1.48 million state grant amendment to advance Herring River low-road and culvert work
Summary
The board voted to accept a $1,479,288 amendment to a Division of Ecological Restoration grant to support low-road elevation, culvert replacement, engineering oversight and private property mitigation for the Herring River Restoration Project; funds must be spent by June 30, 2027 and require no local match.
The Wellfleet Select Board on June 2 voted to accept an amended grant award of $1,479,288 from the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) to support the Herring River Restoration Project’s low-road elevation and culvert replacement work.
Carol Ridley, coordinator for the Herring River Restoration Project, told the board the amendment reallocates funds to meet current construction and oversight needs. She said approximately $890,000 would fund design engineering oversight under a contract with WSP, about $450,000 would go to project management under the town’s owner’s representative contract with Apex, and roughly $139,288 would be reserved for limited mitigation work on private residential properties under a town contract with N & M Excavating.
Ridley said the amendment also shifts slightly more than $2 million of funding from fiscal year 2027 into fiscal year 2026 for administrative reasons and to align spending with the project timeline. She said the funds carry no local match requirement and must be spent by June 30, 2027.
Georgianne Keir from the Division of Ecological Restoration explained the funds are part of an award that spans several years and that the amendment is an administrative step to ensure funds are available to the tasks that must be completed now. The board voted to accept the amendment and authorized the town administrator to execute it.
What this means: The amendment provides targeted state funding for design oversight, project management and small-scale mitigation tied to the low-road and culvert work in the Herring River restoration effort. The town must follow the grant’s fiscal timeline and procurement rules when contracting for work.
Next steps: The town administrator will execute the amendment and the DPW and project team will integrate the funding into procurement and construction schedules. Funds are subject to the usual state grant reporting and procurement requirements.
